Black magic woman and narrative film : race, sex and afro-religiosity / Montré Aza Missouri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Missouri, Montré Aza, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women in motion pictures.

Multiracial people in motion pictures.

Sex role in motion pictures.

Religion in motion pictures.

Folklore in motion pictures.

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

vii, 205 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film examines the transformation of the stereotypical 'tragic mulatto' from tragic to empowered, as represented in independent and mainstream cinema. The author suggests that this transformation is through the character's journey towards African-based religions.

Contents:

Introduction

From 'Tragic Mulatto' to Black Magic Woman : Race, Sex and Religion in Film

Womanism and Womanist Gaze

Beauty as Power : In/visible Woman and Womanist Film in Daughters of the Dust

Passing Strange : Voodoo Queens and Hollywood Fantasy in Eve's Bayou

I'll Fly Away : Baadasssss Mamas and Third Cinema in Sankofa

Not Another West Side Story : Nuyorican Women and New Black Realism in I Like It Like That

It Is Easy Being Green : Disney's Post-Racial Princess and Black Magic Nostalgia in The Princess and the Frog

Conclusion.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-202) and index.

Includes filmography.

ISBN:

9781137454171

1137454172

9781349554515

1349554510

OCLC:

1032006460

Publisher Number:

90104864024